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NYTimes Best Sellers: Paperback Nonfiction

New York Times API Dev Portal, opens in a new windowAuthoritatively ranked lists of books sold in the United States. Find more lists of chart-topping books on our New York Times Best Seller Lists page.

Most links below are to print books; check Overdrive for eBooks. Book covers provided by Syndetics depending on availability.

Find The Body Keeps The Score in LINKcat
#1
362 weeks on the list
by Bessel van der Kolk | Penguin

How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

Find On Tyranny in LINKcat
#2
141 weeks on the list
by Timothy Snyder | Crown

Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.

Find How To Stand Up To A Dictator in LINKcat
#3
2 weeks on the list
by Maria Ressa | Harper Perennial

The recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize details her work in fighting fascism.

Find Greenlights in LINKcat
#4
43 weeks on the list
by Matthew McConaughey | Crown

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over 35 years.

Find Framed in LINKcat
#5
5 weeks on the list
by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey | Vintage

Our criminal justice system viewed through the struggles of 10 wrongfully convicted people to achieve exoneration.

Find Time For A Turning Point in LINKcat
#6
3 weeks on the list
by Charlie Kirk with Brent E. Hamachek | Post Hill

The late founder of Turning Point USA gives his take on the direction of the country.

Find The Maga Doctrine in LINKcat
#7
1 weeks on the list
by Charlie Kirk | Broadside

The founder of Turning Point U.S.A. espouses some ideas promulgated by President Trump.

Find The Color Of Law in LINKcat
#8
54 weeks on the list
by Richard Rothstein | Liveright

A case for how the American government abetted racial segregation in metropolitan areas across the country.

Find Assata in LINKcat
#9
1 weeks on the list
by Assata Shakur | Lawrence Hill

A memoir by the late American political activist, who was targeted by J. Edgar Hoover.

Find Chaos in LINKcat
#10
39 weeks on the list
by Tom O'Neill with Dan Piepenbring | Back Bay

A reassessment of events surrounding the murders committed by Charles Manson’s followers.

Find A Sheepdog Named Oscar in LINKcat
#11
4 weeks on the list
by Dara Waldron | DoppelHouse

After the loss of his father, Waldron forms a bond with a border collie in rural Ireland.

Find Born A Crime in LINKcat
#12
250 weeks on the list
by Trevor Noah | One World

A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the former host of “The Daily Show.”

Find Thinking, Fast And Slow in LINKcat
#13
434 weeks on the list
by Daniel Kahneman | Farrar, Straus and Giroux

When we can and cannot trust our intuitions in making business and personal decisions.

Find Braiding Sweetgrass in LINKcat
#14
284 weeks on the list
by Robin Wall Kimmerer | Milkweed Editions

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

Find The Campus Battlefield in LINKcat
#15
3 weeks on the list
by Charlie Kirk | Post Hill

The late conservative activist and radio and podcast host delineates his views on academia.